page_title: Pamela Cunningham Copeland
section_title: Horticultural career
hierarchical_section_title: Pamela Cunningham Copeland / Horticultural career
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of a flower of the Bloodrooten (Sanguinaria canadensis en ) plant. Photo taken at the Mt. Cuba Center where it was identified. Camera and Exposure Details: Camera: Nikon D50 Lens: Sigma 70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro Exposure: 70mm (105mm in 35mm equivalent) f/4.5 @ 1/250 s.&#160;(200 ISO)
context_page_description: Pamela Cunningham Copeland was an American horticulturist and historical preservationist, known for her philanthropy. Her home and gardens became Mt. Cuba Center, a public garden and research center for Appalachian Piedmont flora that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
context_section_description: Copeland became interested in native plants from the Piedmont region of the United States. In the 1940s, she created a small wildflower garden at Mount Cuba, which was later expanded.  In 1979, her work at Mount Cuba was recognized when the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society awarded her their Certificate of Merit. Copeland established the Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora in 1983, with Dr. Richard W. Lighty as its first director.  The  Center was endowed in 2003 as a foundation for preserving and propagating native plants from the Piedmont region.
  Copeland competed for many years in the Philadelphia Flower Show, repeatedly winning the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's  Horticultural Sweepstakes Trophy for points in the Horticultural Classes (e.g. 1987, 1988). The trophy has since been named in her honor, as the Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland Horticultural Sweepstakes Trophy, "for the individual accumulating the greatest number of points in the Horticulture Classes." In 1991, she was awarded the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Distinguished Achievement Award, being recognized as "a leader in the native plant naturalistic garden movement and an active proponent of conservation efforts and proper stewardship of our natural resources."
  In 1987, Copeland received the Achievement Award Medal of the Garden Club of America "for her establishment of the Mount Cuba Center, for her vision in preserving rare and endangered plants, and for her understanding of horticulture and conservation". Among other awards, she also received the Edith Wharton Women of Achievement Award for Garden Design in 1997.
  In 1996, a variety of trillium was named for Copeland, Trillium grandiflorum 'Pamela Copeland', by Roberta and Frederick W. Case, Jr.
caption: Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, Mt. Cuba Center
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